The meeting was opened by President Rodney Hulbert who led us in the Pledge of Allegiance, the 4-way test and then we all sang "America the Beautiful." The invocation was given by David Eardley. 56 out of 108 members and 6 guests were present for today's meeting. Our pianist, Paula d'Ambrosio played holiday music as we enjoyed our lunch and table conversation.
GUESTS
Jeff Whitbey introduced the following guests today:
Bob Dewar, Sterling Heights
Nelson Edwards, Livingston Sunrise
Ravi and Anju Dhar
Kevin Kelly, Northville
Suzanne Kline, Grosse Pointe
HAPPY BUCKS
Mel -- 1st Baptist Wild Game Dinner will be on 2/23
Kathy -- celebrating Children's Christmas Party and opportunities for RANH sponsorships
Phil -- celebrating that he and Carol will be traveling soon, see you in the spring!
Jay -- Nelson provided eyeglasses for the clinic in Guatemala
Vito -- 3 Christmas parties for veterans at Walter Reed Hospital (300 patients and their families)
Bryan -- has attended 27 community holiday events and all but one involved Rotarians... loves the community involvement of our club
Jan -- Avondale HS Interact club had 13 members helping with the Cookie Walk
Paul -- Bright Lights event downtown and Caroling in the City on Sunday
Alaina -- thank you's to Shelton, Fox, Tim Crawford, Lytle Pharmacy, MKG, Rochester Police, First, DPW, Rochester Hills TV, Oakland County Sheriff's Dept for all the support of the Hometown Christmas Parade
Dave -- thank you for serving the prime rib
15th HANDSHAKE
Marty McClure (aka Yukon Cornelius) was this week's 15th handshake and was thus granted immunity from all fines... should there be any. Congrats, Marty!
ROTARIAN OF THE WEEK
The bejeweled trophy continues under the care of Buck Crossley for yet another week, and it appears well into 2019 as well.
CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS
The 2018 Cookie Walk raised $2,977 on Saturday. Thank you to everyone who participated.
The Rotary Christmas Party will be on Thursday, December 20, at Great Oaks Country Club, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Tickets will be $60/person for regular members and $30/ticket for younger members. Mark your calendars!
REMINDER: The Masters Raffle will be back in 2019. 300 tickets will be available at $100/ticket. Start talking it up with your golfing friends. Tickets make great stocking stuffers!
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Rotary's 2019 Winetasting Event will be Friday, April 12, 2019, at Bordine's. Please join our next planning meeting which will be January 8 at 11 a.m. at Rivercrest.
BIRTHDAYS AND CLUB ANNIVERSARIES:
Happy Birthday:
Steven Schettenhelm, Dec 31
Happy Club Anniversary:
(no anniversaries to celebrate until we meet again in 2019)
ROCHESTER ROTARY CHARITIES VOTE
Tom Neveau opened the Rochester Rotary Charities meeting and announced that a vote was needed to approve a $5,000 grant from the charities for the Guatemala Water Project. Jay Eastman provided further information about the project which will provide water and sanitation for 34 homes and the school at Nuevo Eden, which is near the clinic in Guatemala. The total for the grant is $113,000 for this project and is support by two districts, 6380 and 6000, as well as many Rotary Clubs, and individuals. The Charities Board had approved this request and was recommending it for approval by all the members. The motion passed unanimously. Tom then closed the Rochester Rotary Charities meeting.
SONGS
Subbing for Bob Lytle, Eric Whipple led us singing two holiday favorites: Home for the Holidays and Santa Claus is Coming to Town (including Steve Cooper on bells). Well done, Rotarians, and thank you, Eric!
SHERIFF
Chief Steve Schettenhelm served as today's sheriff and regaled us much holiday themed humor, Christmas Party info, guess the Bowl game name, and Caroling in the City. $240 in fines for Rotary Scholarships, were collected bringing the YTD total to around $5800 toward our $11,000 goal. PLEASE NOTE: fines are now $5. Thank you everyone!
PROGRAM
Ron Lichtle introduced today's speaker, Garry Gilbert, Director of the Journalism Program at Oakland University, who presentation was titled, "Truth Decay." He spoke of the challenges to news coverage as the line between opinion and fact has blurred in recent years. As Woodward and Bernstein had once stated, the goal of journalism is to discover the "best available version of the truth." He spoke of how profit-driven news has led many news organizations to craft stories that will be appealing to their consumers. He referred to Edward R. Murrow's statement: "A lie can go around the world while the truth is still putting its pants on." He recommended four questions when assessing the veracity of the news story:
Has it been verified?
Is it journalism of assertion?
Is it journalism of affirmation?
Is it interest group journalism?
He stated that multiple sources are always keys. One source stories can easily be dubious.
As he concluded his presentation, he took time for questions.
Thank you, Garry, for an informative presentation!
President Rodney reported that we had collected $1,629 for the staff at Rivercrest, as our appreciation for their tremendous service each and every week.
He reminded us that our next meeting would be:
Tuesday, January 8, 2019.
Happy Holidays everyone!
President Rodney closed the meeting at 1:33 p.m.
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